I'm 27 years old and have nothing going for me. More companies will go out of business, and more jobs will be lost and shipped overseas. I'm going to be fined because I won't be able to find a job to buy worthless government healthcare.

I came home from voting upbeat and confident. Now I feel useless and I'm at a crossroads in my life that I fear and don't want to face.

Although some of us may be whining, and yes, I did too, but I think we have the right to, at least blow off some steam and let our concerns known. I'm middle aged like some here. All I can say is do what you can to survive and prepare if you can. BLOAT. Buy food, fuel and so on. Learn skills. If you cannot grow food, be worth to someone who is of like mind who can. Know who your friends are. Unfriend any Bamster supporters.

Tell yuns what, if I hit the powerball for an obscene amount, I'll start a Galt's Gulch somewhere and we all can go there. A side note, there was a 1972 movie I saw on ABC as a kid called "Second Chance" where a tycoon played by Brian Keith, buys a ghost town and fixed it up and people who need a second chance in life moved in and they had their own community, defense force and so on. That would be perfect for us but a pipe dream for now.

I’m 28 too, I recently lost my job, but tomorrow I’m going to have to buck the eff up, quit feeling sorry for myself and find another way to get a job. Now, let me tell you something and I mean this as a friend, here I just slid you a beer, drinks on me bud. :) at 28 you are still very young to go back to school and do it affordably. I used to be a college counselor, please FReepmail me man, let’s talk about your education and how we’re going to get through this. Things are better than you imagine, I’m serious, I got my own struggles too and believe it or not they are similar to yours. But we will get through this, we will have families and get work, please don’t give up.

The end game has already been written and foretold in the bible and truth will win out. But before we get there several things MUST happen first.

Jesus equated the end times coming upon us like “birth pangs” come upon a woman going into labor.

What are “birth pangs”? Painful contractions starting out in longer intervals that grow shorter and stronger.

I see this as one of those pains. They have been getting closer together and stronger.

Another prophecy yet to be fulfilled in a new world order that’ll be led by the anti-christ. It’s not hard to believe that Obama wouldn’t lead us down that road. I actually believe he’s got us well on the way.

I believe that the US of A that you and me love has been a major stumbling block in the plans of the powers that be. We’d be damned if we would willingly accept being governed by any entity outside our elected government.

Stay with me now!

Look at Europe and what’s happened over there. They formed an economic union that has them locked into a system forsaking their sovereignty. Now the whole thing is being held up by ONE country, Germany. It won’t and can’t last forever. Nor can the US continue down the spending spree it’s on and now committed to into the future.

It’s all gonna come crashing down and by design. The powers that be WANT it to crash. It’s the only explanation as to why they ignore the math and continue to spend.

But WHY do they want it to crash?

If things are made so bad and our comforts we’re used to gone that makes things ripe for accepting something that normally wouldn’t.

One man will come out of the fray seeming to have all the answers to all the worlds ill’s and the people will fall for it hook line and sinker. THIS is what can be learned from the election of Barrack Hussien Obama.

BHO, protected by a media that allows him to literally get away with murder. How much more will this antichrist be protected with the full backing of satan himself.

I could continue on with this but it’s getting late and I gotta get up for work in the morning so I can continue giving to the non working moochers.

Bottom line is that there is still hope. Just not in the way your currently looking for it.

God wants Jesus to be your salvation, not some politician.

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posted on 11/06/2012 8:55:12 PM PST
by diverteach
(If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)

“Youre thinking like a liberal, guy. Your success depends solely on you. You make your own opportunities.”

Many years ago, when I was 19, I felt lost, not knowing which way was up. I joined the Navy. They fixed my head in three months of boot camp. That was the best decision I made in my life. It changed everything for me, for the better. I recommend the military to anyone who is lost.

The Biblical prophet Habbakuk was once in shoes very similar to ours, and asked God the same question you're asking. God responded, "The just man shall live by faith."

This country is in the process of being greatly humbled by God for its wickedness. Our prosperity will be taken away because we made an idol out of wealth, our freedom will be taken away because we preferred licentiousness to the real liberty of obedience to God, we will suffer defeat, even our unity as a nation may come to an end. God's chastisement always consists of giving the sinner what he prefers to God, until it either destroys him or he sickens of it and repents. Obama is God's instrument of punishment precisely because so many Americans prefer his snake oil to honest work and moral living.

Through everything that must come to pass, keep your faith in God, not in America or any other nation. There will come a time to pick up the pieces, and there will be pieces left to pick up. And maybe then we can rebuild that shining city on a hill of which President Reagan once spoke so eloquently.

Cool, it sounds intense, I bet you never forget that dream, I don’t know what dreams like that (more accurately, of that level of detail and intensity) mean, but they stay on our minds for years.

I’m still trying to figure out how dreams of decades ago, could raise such lingering thoughts and feelings and such a strong desire to know where it came from, what caused it, it’s purpose or meaning, the why of it.

If you are still useless under fully-implemented ObamaCare post-2014, then you won't get any medical care.

The first blow to medical care will come shortly. ObamaCare stipulates that for anyone who is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days for any reason, whether it's related to their first visit's problems or not, Medicare will not reimburse the hospital for the costs of the second admission.

This isn't piecemeal socialized medicine, i.e., convert all healthcare workers to government pay, but an actual loss of healthcare resources once whole hospitals start going out of business.

for me the most important thing in life is to be happy with myself and those around me.

A friend of mine taught me a valuable lesson years ago. He was maybe the poorest person I knew but he was also the happiest. No matter what his situation he always looked at the bright side of life. He always made me feel good when i seen him and that is so important.

That’s pretty disgusting. They claim to be liberal and tolerant, but they get pleasure from the suffering of a fellow human person. It wasn’t so long ago that many of them were despondent when a President they didn’t like was relected. They should remember that, and realize that one day it will probably happen again for them.

I’m very sorry wastedyears. I’m sorry you feel so depressed. I do, too. I’d like to be able to give you a pep talk, but it’s hard. I was so hopeful today, too. Before Obama even got it, my 10 year old told me tonight he wished he could go back in time and stop his parents from ever meeting. He said he wished he hadn’t been born in this time. I’m going to definitely need to give him a pep talk. Now my seven year old is crying...she just heard Obama was re-elected. I told her we will be okay—we will survive. She said she’s going to put up a lemonade stand every day:) Then she realized it was winter and she said “warm lemonade”, then she changed it to hot cocoa. Steely Tom has some positive words on this thread. I like that. We need to support each other. You are lucky to have your parents and they are lucky to have you. If you need moral support or commiseration, don’t be afraid to ask for it here and in your personal life. You can gain strength from people like Steely Tom and others who have been there and done that. Be well FRiend. I wish that for you and me and all good FReepers. I’m so thankful for this forum.

trust me..there is somewhere off the grid on this big old planet without all this crap..i was happy as an expat once...now i will likely do like most like us...self segregate to our places...rural mostly

but our country is lost to the weak and bitter for now and it hurts

thanks though ...I laughed out loud...but i know you weren’t trying to be funny

I’m 55 with 5 children and struggling business etc...and I’m scared too...but not at risk about what to do with my life

but i will never give up and you can’t either

we are outnumbered by demographics...we are going to have to find some way to turn either some Mexicans or White Northern liberals

those are the only two options

I will be curious to see how the white vote compares to 2008 and 2010

I had figured if we replicated 2010 we’d win...62%

you’re too young but we used to win nationals with 52-54% white vote totals

this ain’t 1980 anymore

we opened the door and let them in

the GOP committed suicide and we warned em...big fights over it here...and nobody listened...called us bigots...banned us even

but the primary culprit here is the latino vote and that implication in Florida, California, New Mexico and Colorado and Nevada

and guess what....Texas will be at risk soon enough...imagine that?

now we are stuck with them..if most Mexican women were prettier we could just marry em up...for the cause..but whew

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posted on 11/06/2012 9:05:39 PM PST
by wardaddy
(wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)

Your post 47 is why I’m afraid to date. For something so much as someone not liking me anymore, my life can be ruined. It’s also why I’m so conflicted with remaining single for that very reason, and wanting to tell a special someone in my life how I feel about them.

I don’t personally know how bad it is, but the prospect of my life being ruined because someone doesn’t care about me anymore scares the life out of me.

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posted on 11/06/2012 9:06:01 PM PST
by wastedyears
(The First Law of Heavy Metal: Not all metal is satanic.)

But have you SEEN today’s matriarchy, errrr, I mean “child” support obligations? I had my children back in the eighties and never receive a dime of child support. My husband pays his ex-shrew $1,000 a month making only 36K a year; she makes much more than he does and has remarried a just shy of six figure dude. I had hoped that CS reform would be on the agenda but now, not bloody likely. Here it goes till 21 and beyond. So we have “children” voting in NYS ages 18-21.

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posted on 11/06/2012 9:08:21 PM PST
by AbolishCSEU
(Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)

I could say so much, I could relate so much. I wrote a song called Greek Columns In Ruins that I would like to see performed by an act able to spread it to a wider audience. I don’t see strangling people with bigger bureaucracies as a solution to our problems, nor can I say that my situation in life has improved over the past four years.

I work at Best Buy, been doing that for four years. I’ve watched the cutting of hours and removal of fulltime positions, and I think that it has something to do with Obama. I see many of my co-workers bragging about voting for Obama on their Facebook pages without any discussion about Libya. I think that anybody who gets laid off because of Obamacare coming in, should tell their co-workers(before they leave) about what they’ve done. I may not, but I feel an urge that if the effects continue I will speak up to the Obamaphiles at work.

I’ve been trying to go to school to become a Radio DJ. I get indoctrinated by a professor who repeats every Left-Wing talking point and shows us Left-Wing videos. I’ve been trying to get my songs published in a world where what I write is too dated, too “old” for the people that I submit the songs to and I just don’t give up. Even my newest one may sound too dated. Don’t give up.

In the end, even if Obama wins it is not like the Obamaphiles won’t feel the effects of what voting for their idol did for them. He may even get impeached because of Benghazi. I haven’t talked a lot, here, as I don’t feel like I can always say something effectively enough or good enough to sound like I am contributing something useful. Whether I wanted to or not, I had to do this.

I could say so much, I could relate so much. I wrote a song called Greek Columns In Ruins that I would like to see performed by an act able to spread it to a wider audience. I don’t see strangling people with bigger bureaucracies as a solution to our problems, nor can I say that my situation in life has improved over the past four years.

I work at Best Buy, been doing that for four years. I’ve watched the cutting of hours and removal of fulltime positions, and I think that it has something to do with Obama. I see many of my co-workers bragging about voting for Obama on their Facebook pages without any discussion about Libya. I think that anybody who gets laid off because of Obamacare coming in, should tell their co-workers(before they leave) about what they’ve done. I may not, but I feel an urge that if the effects continue I will speak up to the Obamaphiles at work.

I’ve been trying to go to school to become a Radio DJ. I get indoctrinated by a professor who repeats every Left-Wing talking point and shows us Left-Wing videos. I’ve been trying to get my songs published in a world where what I write is too dated, too “old” for the people that I submit the songs to and I just don’t give up. Even my newest one may sound too dated. Don’t give up.

In the end, even though Obama won it is not like the Obamaphiles won’t feel the effects of what voting for their idol did for them. He may even get impeached because of Benghazi. I haven’t talked a lot, here, as I don’t feel like I can always say something effectively enough or good enough to sound like I am contributing something useful. Whether I wanted to or not, I had to do this.

“the GOP committed suicide and we warned em...big fights over it here...and nobody listened...called us bigots...banned us even”

Suicide through mass Third World immigration.

These idiots stood by and cheered it on. Just listen to the Salem Radio crew and they are still at it tonight, even as Romney goes down to defeat. Hugh Hewitt, a prize idiot if there ever was one, is already pushing “immigration reform” just like Dubya and his halfwit brother Jeb.

The Stupid Party deserves to die. But we don’t deserve to die with them.

It’s all based on expressing what I think is pertinent when thinking about the Obama administration, especially after seeing so many people express their joys when it comes to Liberalism and Obama. It’s about Obamacare, the odors of the Fascist economic model, Libya, and Hurricane Sandy. The title is a reference to the 2008 DNC speech and it presumes that the thrill was gone when it came to Obama and that he would lose. Here is what I wrote.

Greek Columns in Ruins

Verse 1:

Theres a structure made of pillars that cannot stand for way too long.

If you make it a little longer and edit the words for easier singing, it could easily go into hard rock. Being a fan of metal, I dare it sounds like something Kreator (old guard of thrash metal from Germany) would write.

I don’t mean to say it’s bad, because I think the content is great. I dunno if you have any clips of it to music, but I personally think it would go great with some overdriven/distorted guitar, and a guy singing that could relate to it so any listeners believe what is being sung.

Just my two cents.

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posted on 11/06/2012 9:49:36 PM PST
by wastedyears
(I don't want to live on this planet anymore.)

I also had another dream too where we survived an atomic war in a small town. I remember driving with a few friends in a 1970’s era car to look for other survivors and I made it to Pittsburgh where I ended up on Mt. Washington. I remember looking at the city seeing the twisted girders of the buildings and hearing nothing except the wind howling. Creeped me out. We booked for the car and got out of there discussing how freaked we all were. Again woke up in a cold sweat.

Thank you, I’ve gotten plenty of compliments on what I’ve written before and since I’ve been writing for 11 years than I guess I must get a compliment somewhere down the line. Alright, I guess I can add another verse(I thought that it might be too long) and I also guess I could shorten the lines. I love music, in general, and I sort of like metal music, so I guess I’ll check out Kreator.

I am more of a poet than a musician, so I cannot really write sheet music. I just wrote the thing a few days ago, and I cannot play an instrument plus my voice is way too deep and too offkey. The other problem is that I don’t know anybody who is reliable enough to work on this with me, currently. I guess I could call up my friend but he is a lot busier than I am, and hardly has seen me in these past few months.

Oh, and www.MerrickEgber.info for more of what I do. I guess that I am too desperate to not resort to a shameless plug. If I had enough money from song royalties, I sometimes think about getting a place in some small town far outside of civilization where I can breathe.

It is amazing and disturbing stuff, I wonder where such deep, deep, dreams come from, and again, not the subject of them, but the way that they drain you, exhaust you with their intensity and lingering memory, lasting years.

I'm pretty damn depressed right now. I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life.

That's where I was at 27. I'm 57 now and I have no idea what I'm going to be doing a year from now but every day I do what needs doing and a little extra if I can. I don't have the time or patience to be depressed anymore.

Don't let other people or events define your life. If you let someone else do it they will treat it like a Section 8 apartment. It's your life you define it.

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